Improvement in clothes-driers



L. C. CATTELL. Clothes-Driel.

N0.199,958. i Patented Feb. 5,1878.

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N. PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAFMER. WASHINGION. D CA UNITED STATEs PATENTOEEIcE.

LEVI C. OATTELL, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES-DRIERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 99,958, datedFebruary 5, 1878 application filed November 26, 1877.

To all 'whom it may concern." Y

Be it known that I, LEVI G. OATTELL, of Cleveland, in the county ofCuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Clothes-Frames; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and useit, reference being had to the accompanying` drawings, which form partof this specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in clothes-tramesdesigned for drying clothes, and for otherlike purposes; and consists inthe combination of devices and appliances as hereinafter set forth andclaimed.

In the drawings, Figure l presents a view, partly in section, whichillustrates my invention. Fig. 2 is a section showing the constructionof the hinges.

A, B, and C are the leaves of a clothesframe, and there may be more orless of said leaves. They are hinged together in any desired manner,though I prefer that they shall be hinged by the double-strap hingesshown in the drawings, and which enable the leaves to be opened out inany direction, or to be folded at against each other when not in use.

A', B', and C are extension sections, the bars or rungs of which passthrough the upsection, and vice versa, the structure is ren dered stiffand strong.

A clothes-frame of this description is at once adapted for use with afew clothes or a large v number of clothes.

What I claim is- A clothes-frame consisting of two or more hingedleaves, A B C, and extension sections A B C', the bars of the extensionsection being made to pass through openings in the'uprights of thehinged leaves, and vice versa, substantially as and for the purposesdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speciiication in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEVI O. CATIELL.

lVitnesses:

F. TOUMEY, W. E. DONNELLY.

Inasmuch as the run gs of oneV

